Synthesis of C₃-symmetric star-shaped molecules containing α-amino acids and dipeptides via Negishi coupling as a key step

• Sambasivarao Kotha and
• Saidulu Todeti

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 371–377, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.33

• resonance (13C NMR, 100 MHz and 125 MHz) spectra were recorded on a Bruker spectrometer. The high-resolution mass measurements were carried out by using electrospray ionization (ESI) spectrometer. Melting points were recorded on a Veego melting point apparatus. Negishi coupling product 10 Zinc (Zn) dust was

Mechanistic studies of an L-proline-catalyzed pyridazine formation involving a Diels–Alder reaction with inverse electron demand

• Anne Schnell,
• J. Alexander Willms,
• S. Nozinovic and
• Marianne Engeser

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 30–43, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.3

• -substituted tetrazines via a Diels–Alder reaction with inverse electron demand has been studied with NMR and with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. A catalytic cycle with three intermediates has been proposed. An enamine derived from L-proline and acetone acts as an electron-rich dienophile in a [4

• intermediates mimic single steps of the proposed catalytic cycle in the gas phase. Thus, the charge-tagged catalyst proved one more time its superior effectiveness for the detection and study of reactive intermediates at low concentrations. Keywords: charge-tag; electrospray ionization; enamine organocatalysis

• ; L-proline; reaction mechanism; Introduction Electrospray (ESI) mass spectrometry (MS) [1] is well suited for studying reaction mechanisms as it is a soft ionization method leaving most species intact [1][2][3]. In addition, it is a fast analytical method [3] making it possible to study transient

Novel solid-phase strategy for the synthesis of ligand-targeted fluorescent-labelled chelating peptide conjugates as a theranostic tool for cancer

• Sagnik Sengupta,
• Mena Asha Krishnan,
• Premansh Dudhe,
• Ramesh B. Reddy,
• Bishnubasu Giri,
• Sudeshna Chattopadhyay and
• Venkatesh Chelvam

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2665–2679, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.244

• peptide coupling procedures. 1H and 13C NMR data were recorded using a Bruker AV 400 MHz NMR spectrometer with TMS (tetramethylsilane) as internal reference. Mass spectra were recorded on a Brukermicro TOF-Q II spectrometer in positive mode and negative mode electrospray ionization methods. Reactions were

• Supporting Information File 208: NMR and HRMS spectra of compounds 3, 4 and analytical HPLC spectra of purified (λ at 254 nm and 225 nm) as well as crude (λ at 225 nm), electrospray ionization mass spectra and high-resolution mass spectra for bioconjugates 13 and 17. Acknowledgements The authors are

A novel and practical asymmetric synthesis of eptazocine hydrobromide

• Ruipeng Li,
• Zhenren Liu,
• Liang Chen,
• Jing Pan,
• Kuaile Lin and
• Weicheng Zhou

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2340–2347, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.209

• Bruker 400 MHz spectrometer with TMS as an internal standard. Mass spectra were recorded with a Q-TOF mass spectrometer using electrospray positive ionization (ESI+). Enantiomeric ratios were determined by HPLC using a chiral column (Chiralpak AY-H) with hexane/isopropyl alcohol 50:50 as eluents

Novel photochemical reactions of carbocyclic diazodiketones without elimination of nitrogen – a suitable way to N-hydrazonation of C–H-bonds

• Liudmila L. Rodina,
• Xenia V. Azarova,
• Jury J. Medvedev,
• Dmitrij V. Semenok and
• Valerij A. Nikolaev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2250–2258, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.200

• electrospray ionization (ESI-QTOF). Chemical shifts are reported in ppm, and coupling constants are given in hertz (Hz). All signals in NMR spectra were normalized relative to signals of CНCl3 (δ = 7.26 ppm in 1H NMR) and CDCl3 (δ = 77.0 in 13C NMR spectra). For single crystal X-ray diffraction experiments of

Coordination-driven self-assembly of discrete Ru₆–Pt₆ prismatic cages

• Aderonke Ajibola Adeyemo and
• Partha Sarathi Mukherjee

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2242–2249, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.199

• heterometallic prismatic cages 3a and 3b obtained from the reaction of two arene–ruthenium(II) clips 1a and 1b and tritopic platinum(II) metalloligand 2 in methanol/chloroform mixture in 3:2 ratio (Scheme 1). Both cages were fully characterized by 1H, 31P, 195Pt, 1H,1H COSY, DOSY NMR, electrospray ionization

• acetonitrile. The 1H, 31P, 195Pt and 13C NMR experiments (Supporting Information File 1, Figures S9–S12) and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESIMS, Supporting Information File 1, Figure S13) of metalloligand 2 evidenced the formation of a pure compound. The 1H NMR spectrum of 2 revealed two doublets

Calix[6]arene-based atropoisomeric pseudo[2]rotaxanes

• Carmine Gaeta,
• Carmen Talotta and
• Placido Neri

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2112–2124, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.186

• stoppering or catenation of such atropoisomeric pseudorotaxanes. Experimental ESI(+)–MS measurements were performed on a Micromass Bio-Q triple quadrupole mass spectrometer equipped with electrospray ion source, using a mixture of H2O/CH3CN (1:1) and 5% HCOOH as solvent. Flash chromatography was performed on

A switchable [2]rotaxane with two active alkenyl groups

• Xiu-Li Zheng,
• Rong-Rong Tao,
• Rui-Rui Gu,
• Wen-Zhi Wang and
• Da-Hui Qu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2074–2081, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.181

• spectroscopy and high-resolution electrospray ionization (HRESI) mass spectrometry. The HRESI mass spectra of [2]rotaxane R1 showed a major peak at m/z 2083.3862, corresponding to the species of R1 losing one PF6− anion, i.e., [M − PF6−]+. The 1H NMR spectrum also fitted the R1 structure well and reveals that

Coordination-driven self-assembly vs dynamic covalent chemistry: versatile methods for the synthesis of molecular metallarectangles

• Li-Li Ma,
• Jia-Qin Han,
• Wei-Guo Jia and
• Ying-Feng Han

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2027–2034, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.178

• signals, consistent with the loss of electron density upon coordination of the nitrogen atom to the metal centers (Figure 1a,b). Analysis of the reaction solution using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESIMS) showed a signal at m/z = 476.1010, corresponding to a tertracation species of complex

A pyridinium/anilinium [2]catenane that operates as an acid–base driven optical switch

• Sarah J. Vella and
• Stephen J. Loeb

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1908–1916, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.165

• differences between the [2]catenane [8DB24C8]6+ and precursor 74+ which contains no crown ether. A sample of [8DB24C8]6+ (1:1 CH3OH/CH3CN) was analyzed by high-resolution electrospray mass spectrometry (HRESIMS). Sufficient resolution for each of the 2+, 3+, 4+ and 5+ molecular ions allowed for exact mass

Efficient catenane synthesis by cucurbit[6]uril-mediated azide–alkyne cycloaddition

• Antony Wing Hung Ng,
• Chi-Chung Yee,
• Kai Wang and
• Ho Yu Au-Yeung

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1846–1853, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.158

• for support of the Electrospray Ionization Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry Facilities under support for Interdisciplinary Research in Chemical Science.

Defining the hydrophobic interactions that drive competence stimulating peptide (CSP)-ComD binding in Streptococcus pneumoniae

• Bimal Koirala,
• Robert A. Hillman,
• Erin K. Tiwold,
• Michael A. Bertucci and
• Yftah Tal-Gan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1769–1777, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.151

• obtained on an Agilent Technologies 6230 TOF LC/MS spectrometer. The samples were sprayed with a capillary voltage of 3500 V and the electrospray ionization (ESI) source parameters were as follows: gas temperature of 325 °C at a drying gas flow rate of 3 L/min at a pressure of 25 psi. Peptide synthesis

Synthesis and photophysical studies of a multivalent photoreactive Ru^II-calix[4]arene complex bearing RGD-containing cyclopentapeptides

• Sofia Kajouj,
• Lionel Marcelis,
• Alice Mattiuzzi,
• Adrien Grassin,
• Damien Dufour,
• Pierre Van Antwerpen,
• Didier Boturyn,
• Eric Defrancq,
• Mathieu Surin,
• Julien De Winter,
• Pascal Gerbaux,
• Ivan Jabin and
• Cécile Moucheron

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1758–1768, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.150

• (ATR) spectrometer. High-resolution mass spectra were obtained on a Waters Synapt G2-Si spectrometer (Waters, Manchester, UK) equipped with an electrospray ionization used in the positive ion mode. Source parameters were as follow: capillary voltage, 3.1 kV; sampling cone, 30 V; source Offset, 80 V

Natural and redesigned wasp venom peptides with selective antitumoral activity

• Marcelo D. T. Torres,
• Gislaine P. Andrade,
• Roseli H. Sato,
• Cibele N. Pedron,
• Tania M. Manieri,
• Giselle Cerchiaro,
• Anderson O. Ribeiro,
• Cesar de la Fuente-Nunez and
• Vani X. Oliveira Jr.

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1693–1703, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.144

• a flow rate of 10.0 mL min−1 and eluted using a linear gradient (0.33% B/min slope), with detection at 220 nm. Selected fractions containing the purified peptides were pooled and lyophilized. Purified peptides were characterized by liquid-chromatography electrospray-ionization mass spectrometry (LC

Enantioselective phase-transfer catalyzed alkylation of 1-methyl-7-methoxy-2-tetralone: an effective route to dezocine

• Ruipeng Li,
• Zhenren Liu,
• Liang Chen,
• Jing Pan and
• Weicheng Zhou

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1421–1427, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.119

• determined on a Büchi Melting Point M-565 apparatus and are uncorrected. 1H and 13C NMR spectra were recorded using a Bruker 400 MHz spectrometer with TMS as an internal standard. Mass spectra were recorded with a Q-TOF mass spectrometer using electrospray positive ionization (ESI+). The enantiomeric ratio

Synthesis and in vitro biochemical evaluation of oxime bond-linked daunorubicin–GnRH-III conjugates developed for targeted drug delivery

• Sabine Schuster,
• Beáta Biri-Kovács,
• Bálint Szeder,
• Viktor Farkas,
• László Buday,
• Zsuzsanna Szabó,
• Gábor Halmos and
• Gábor Mező

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 756–771, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.64

• described above. Peaks were detected at 220 nm. Mass spectrometry Electrospray ionization (ESI) mass spectrometric analyses were carried out on an Esquire 3000+ ion trap mass spectrometer (Bruker Daltonics, Bremen, Germany). Spectra were acquired in the 50–2500 m/z range. Samples were dissolved in a mixture

An uracil-linked hydroxyflavone probe for the recognition of ATP

• Márton Bojtár,
• Péter Zoltán Janzsó-Berend,
• Dávid Mester,
• Dóra Hessz,
• Mihály Kállay,
• Miklós Kubinyi and
• István Bitter

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 747–755, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.63

• shifts reported in ppm (TMS in in the case of CDCl3 and the residual DMSO in the case of DMSO-d6 was used as internal standard). The exact mass measurements were performed using a Q-TOF Premier mass spectrometer (Waters Corporation, 34 Maple St, Milford, MA, USA) using electrospray ionization in positive

AuBr₃-catalyzed azidation of per-O-acetylated and per-O-benzoylated sugars

• Jayashree Rajput,
• Srinivas Hotha and
• Madhuri Vangala

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 682–687, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.56

• and 100 MHz spectrometer, respectively using CDCl3 as the solvent. Chemical shifts (δ) are given in ppm. For perbenzoate compounds 10–15, tetramethyl silane was used as internal standard. Electrospray ionization (ESI) was used for high resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS). An FTIR spectrometer was used

Synthesis of a sucrose-based macrocycle with unsymmetrical monosaccharides "arms"

• Karolina Tiara,
• Mykhaylo A. Potopnyk and
• Sławomir Jarosz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 634–641, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.50

• 1020 polarimeter (sodium light) in chloroform at room temperature. Mass spectra were recorded with a Synapt G2-S HDMS (Waters Inc) mass spectrometer equipped with an electrospray ion source and a q-TOF type mass analyzer. The instrument was controlled and recorded data were processed using the MassLynx

Transition-metal-free [3 + 3] annulation of indol-2-ylmethyl carbanions to nitroarenes. A novel synthesis of indolo[3,2-b]quinolines (quindolines)

• Michał Nowacki and
• Krzysztof Wojciechowski

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 194–202, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.14

• expressed in parts per million (ppm) referred to TMS, coupling constants in hertz (Hz). Electron impact mass spectra (EI, 70 eV) were obtained on an AutoSpec Premier spectrometer. Electrospray mass spectra (ESI) were obtained on 4000 Q-TRAP and SYNAPT G2-S HDMS. Silica gel (Merck 60, 230–400 mesh) was used

What contributes to an effective mannose recognition domain?

• Christoph P. Sager,
• Deniz Eriş,
• Martin Smieško,
• Rachel Hevey and
• Beat Ernst

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2584–2595, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.255

• agreement with electrospray mass spectrometry experiments from Blades et al., who reported water–calcium interaction energies in the range of 62.8 kJ/mol [65]. In-house QM calculations, based on binding site models of DC-SIGN (E) and BC2L-A (H) (Figure 5), suggest that the average desolvation cost of a

A concise flow synthesis of indole-3-carboxylic ester and its derivatisation to an auxin mimic

• Marcus Baumann,
• Ian R. Baxendale and
• Fabien Deplante

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2549–2560, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.251

• % of tallest signal). Low and high-resolution mass spectrometry was performed using the indicated techniques on instruments equipped with Acquity UPLC and a lock-mass electrospray ion source. For accurate mass measurements the deviation from the calculated formula is reported in ppm. Melting points

Hydrolysis, polarity, and conformational impact of C-terminal partially fluorinated ethyl esters in peptide models

• Vladimir Kubyshkin and
• Nediljko Budisa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2442–2457, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.241

• high-resolution electrospray-orbitrap mass spectrometry ionization (HRMS) for all peptides except hexalysine peptides 10a–c, which produced no distinguishable molecular ions. For cationic peptides 9a–c and 10a–c, additional MALDI–TOF analysis confirmed the molecular assignment. Diffusion coefficients

Structural diversity in the host–guest complexes of the antifolate pemetrexed with native cyclodextrins: gas phase, solution and solid state studies

• Magdalena Ceborska,
• Magdalena Zimnicka,
• Aneta Aniela Kowalska,
• Kajetan Dąbrowa and
• Barbara Repeć

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2252–2263, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.222

• electrospray ion source operated in the standard negative ESI mode, i.e., without additional drying gas. The three solutions containing PTX sodium salt (0.04 mM) and α-CD, β-CD, and γ-CD (0.04 mM) were prepared in water/methanol (1:1 v/v). Analyte solutions were introduced into the ion source with a syringing

A speedy route to sterically encumbered, benzene-fused derivatives of privileged, naturally occurring hexahydropyrrolo[1,2-b]isoquinoline

• Olga Bakulina,
• Alexander Ivanov,
• Vitalii Suslonov,
• Dmitry Dar’in and
• Mikhail Krasavin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1413–1424, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.138

• HRMS-ESI-qTOF spectrometer (electrospray ionization mode). X-ray single crystal analyses were performed with monochromated Mo Kα or Cu Kα radiation, respectively. Column chromatography was performed on silica gel 60 (230–400 mesh). For TLC analysis UV254 silica gel coated plates were used. MeCN was